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http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/brooklyn/nyc-cop0608,0,7290667.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-brooklyn

Marrero apparently abandoned his partner, Officer Patrick Caprice, during a shootout with David Redden, 18, at Dumont Avenue and Bristol Street in Brownsville that nearly cost Caprice his life.

Police officials and sources said video cameras from the Marcus Garvey Village housing complex captured much of the shooting, as well as Marrero running.

Marrero told investigators he took cover, but sources said he fled up the block when he could have taken cover behind his patrol car or the suspect's car.

Marrero radioed for help and raced back to Caprice, but only after seeing Officer Gwendolyn Johnson arrive to help the wounded 14-year veteran, the sources said.
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http://nydailynews.com/front/story/316676p-270866c.html another site on story

Found this story at some other forum site.

What suprised me were all the comments saying how they would've ran also.

It's probably hard for anyone to know what they'd with out having been in a similar situation. Obviously, between his training, and the thought he put into choosing his profession, there was something left to be desired. Stress claim, new job.

They ought to hang that guy with guitar string. The E string. The high E string. From a light pole.

Oh, now now... can't you see? He's perfect for a job in Internal Affairs, though he might be a good choice for a slot as a member of the police-escort for the UN (it being in NY and all...)

he's already demonstrated that where there is shooting, there is not himself...

Can't blame him from running away. I mean its human instinct to do so.
I will concede that he shouldn't have abandoned his partner. I would possibly suggest better training so people don't do this

Can't blame him from running away. I mean its human instinct to do so.
I will concede that he shouldn't have abandoned his partner. I would possibly suggest better training so people don't do this

It's not a matter of training. You either have balls or you don't. You can't buy them in a store, or get them at a school.

Not everyone is well suited to a job that involves being shot at. But it's not as few people as you might think. If you consider that in the majority of shootouts with the police, the police don't have anyone run away, then most people have some balls.

It would be best, however, to screen out people like this before training. The Army does this nowadays during basic training for infantrymen - you are unexpectedly "shot at" at night while crossing a field. The bullets are really going about a meter over your head, and no lower, and there are hidden explosives nearby to make a lot of noise. There's no warning, other than the sign that says, "Rodger Young Range". As you have been to so many firing ranges before, you don't even think about it. Of course, I knew who Rodger Young was, so I had some idea of what might happen next.

Most people fall prone and continue to cross the field. A few panic. The ones who panic will not remain in the infantry.

It would be best, however, to screen out people like this before training. The Army does this nowadays during basic training for infantrymen - you are unexpectedly "shot at" at night while crossing a field. The bullets are really going about a meter over your head, and no lower, and there are hidden explosives nearby to make a lot of noise. There's no warning, other than the sign that says, "Rodger Young Range". As you have been to so many firing ranges before, you don't even think about it. Of course, I knew who Rodger Young was, so I had some idea of what might happen next.


Thanks for ruining the surprise.. :( Where is that, Ft. Benning?

Thanks for ruining the surprise.. :( Where is that, Ft. Benning?

Yes. Just before we crossed the field in the dark, we lined up rather like the old British "going over the top", and I knew what was going to happen next.

But no one else did.

As we crossed into the field, there was suddenly a lot of red tracer that looked like it was coming right at you, the sound of machinegun fire, and the shattering noise of nearby explosions.

And a very bright flare bursting overhead.

It's meant to be very unnerving.

It's not a matter of training. You either have balls or you don't. You can't buy them in a store, or get them at a school.

Not everyone is well suited to a job that involves being shot at. But it's not as few people as you might think. If you consider that in the majority of shootouts with the police, the police don't have anyone run away, then most people have some balls.



It wasn't so that they could train him to have balls, this I agree cannot be acomplished. But if training had been harder or more extensive then they might have found out that he was not cut out for the job.